IT is amazing how two results have completely changed our season around, says City's head coach Derek Fazackerley.

IT is amazing how two results have completely changed our season around, says City's head coach Derek Fazackerley.

Before we travelled to Tottenham last Friday, we were still being talked about as possibles to get involved in a relegation battle.

But Easter has always been a time when the league table changes dramatically and that has proven to be the case again.

Having taken six points off Spurs and Sunderland, the football club is a much better place to be now.

Obviously that is the case when you start winning games in the manner we have.

Pleasing

Most pleasing for me, though, is the clean sheets we have kept.

People may make reference to the fact that I have always been a defender, but I know the likes of Sylvain Distin and David Sommeil will be delighted with the shut-outs.

Also, we should not forget Peter Schmeichel, who is an incredibly proud man and loathes getting beaten in any game.

But while we have looked meaner, that has not compromised our threat going forward and Nicolas Anelka and Robbie Fowler have looked sharper.

We are closer to the 50-point marker that we have always felt capable of achieving and we have ended the bad run in style, but that does not mean to say we will be slowing up now.

West Ham will be very difficult opponents tomorrow and are in a much different position to Sunderland, who folded tamely after we had got ourselves into the lead.

Fighting

They are still very much fighting for their Premiership lives.

Trevor Brooking maybe seen as a surprise appointment but he could give them a little bit of a lift at an important time and we will have to be at our best to carry our run towards the end of the season.

Finally, the big talking point of this week has been Manchester United's clash with Real Madrid and, like everyone else, I have to say it was an absolutely terrific game, with so many great players involved.

When it mattered, all Real's big players like Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Claude Makelele played well.